What does dead letter mean?

Definitions for dead letter
dead let·ter

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. dead letter, non-issuenoun

    the state of something that has outlived its relevance

  2. dead letter, dead mailnoun

    mail that can neither be delivered nor returned

Wiktionary

  1. dead letternoun

    An item of mail that cannot be delivered to its intended recipient; after some time it is returned to the sender, or destroyed

  2. dead letternoun

    A law that is no longer enforced

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  1. dead letter

    A dead letter refers to a situation where a law or rule is still in existence or on the books, but is not enforced or observed. It may also refer to a letter or piece of mail that can't be delivered or returned because it has an incorrect or nonexistent address.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of dead letter in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of dead letter in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of dead letter in a Sentence

  1. Wheaton College professor Larry Eskridge:

    Christmas music was pretty much a dead letter on the airwaves until maybe Christmas Eve.

  2. Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist 22:

    Laws are a dead letter without courts to expound and define their true meaning and operation.

  3. Charles Lamb:

    The red-letter days, now become, to all intents and purposes, dead-letter days.


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